Study on Carbon Applications in Nantechnology

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Aug 25 2010

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Carbon is an essential constituent element of all living organisms. A unique feature of carbon is the variety of forms that it can assume when two or more atoms bond. Carbon has thus attracted, and continues to attract, considerable R&D interest from researchers all over the world. The use of carbon in nanotechnology is a very promising area of research, and considerable government funding is being invested in carbon nanotechnology research.

Even after many years of study, an aura of mystery continues to surround the question of how many crystallographic forms/allotropes of carbon exist.

The known forms of carbon are: graphene, graphite, diamond, nanotubes, fullerenes (C60, C36.) and nanodiamondoids. Each of these forms of carbon is characterized by different numbers of hybrid orbitals (sp2, sp3, sp).

This work comprises ten comprehensive chapters, on carbon-based materials, written by experts in the field. The chapters contain up-to-date fundamental and practical information concerning carbon-based materials. They include work on diamondoid hydrocarbons, carbon nanotubes, nanocrystalline/microcrystalline/ultra-nanocrystalline diamond and carbon nanostructured materials, thus providing an uniquely valuable introduction to the subjecy.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Diamondoid Hydrocarbons
Jacob Filik p1
Chapter 2: Carbon Nanotubes as Electron Sources
M. Mann, K.B.K. Teo, W.I. Milne p27
Chapter 3: Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings for Advanced Acoustic Devices
Oliver A. Williams p65
Chapter 4: Deposition of Nanocrystalline Diamond by Ar/H2/CH4 Microwave Discharges
F. Bndic, K. Hassouni, G. Lombardi, F. Mohasseb, P. Bruno, D. Monger, A. Gicquel p83
Chapter 5: Growth, Properties and Application of Thick Self-Standing MWCNT Blocks
Simone Musso, Stefano Bianco, Mauro Giorcelli, Micaela Castellino, G. Digregorio, Alberto Tagliaferro p111
Chapter 6: Chemical Vapour Deposition A Route to Microcrystalline, Nanocrystalline, Ultrananocrystalline and Single Crystal Diamond Films
Paul W. May p145
Chapter 7: Synthesis, Atomic Structures and Properties of Carbon Nanostructured Materials
Takeo Oku, Ichihito Narita, Naruhiro Koi, Katsuaki Suganuma, Rikizo Hatakeyama, Takamichi Hirata p177
Chapter 8: Chemical Vapour Deposited Diamond for Thermoplastic Injection Moulds
V.F. Neto, N. Ali, Monica S.A. Oliveira, Jos Grcio p209
Chapter 9: Carbon Nanotubes/Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications
S. Kanagaraj p255
Chapter 10: Nanostructured Coatings
Jeff Th.M. de Hosson, Y.T. Pei, Damiano Galvan